Sash-balance-housing block



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' /BJMWQSM ATTORNEY.

Patented July 30, i929.

UNITED STT EARL W. STORMS, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

SASH-BALANCE-HOUSING BLOCK.

.Application filed May 4, 1927. Serial No. 188,815.

'for use in different types of wall constructions,'and which is extremely simple in construction.

A. further object of my invention is to provide a device of the type described which in some instances may be wedge-shaped so as to provide an anchoring means for the window frame when the device is mounted in a concrete wall. f

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the type described which reinforces the pulley stile at its weakest point. Ifvdesred, the pulley stile may be cut, and Ithe cut ends separated a sufficient distance to permit the window cable to pass therethrough, these ends being secured to the device, so that the device thereby performs the additional function of provi-ding a'connecting means between the two portions of the pull-ey stile.

Other objects and .advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel features of the device will be particularly pointed out in th-e appended claims. My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming parts of this application, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of aportion of a window frame showing one embodiment of my device operatively'applied thereto;`

Figure 2 is aside view of the device as set in a concrete wall, the 'device being shown in full lines as a wedge-shaped block, and dotted lines at the top and the bottomthereof indicat- 40 ing the device as a block formed with virtu* ally square ends;

Figure 3 isa perspective view of one em- Jodiment of the device, the device being shown as a block, which has a transverse recess or cavity therein and side members covering the ends of the recess; i

Figure 4 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the device', the device in this instance being shown as a block, inV which tvvo cavities are formed longitudinally andl are spaced from'each other for the reception of the respective sash balances;

Figure 5 is an elevation of the block shown erica.

in Figure 4, the view being taken mid-sec-l tionally of one of the cavities in' the block, and dotted lines at the top and the bottom of the block indicating that the block may be wedge-shaped; and v 1 Figure 6 is a perspective view similar tof' Figure 4, with the exception that, instead of the cavities, the block has longitudinal openings extending therethrough for thereception or" the ,respective sash balances, and that a plate is secured to the block so as to form a wall for the openings at the back of the block. In carrying out my invention, I provide a block which, in the construction lshown in shaped, as shown in full lines in Figures 1 andy 2, although the block, if so required, may be formed with square ends, vas is indicated by dotted lines in Figure 2l These ends are respectively provided with grooves 6 and 7,-'

which are for the purpose of receiving concrete or cement so as to prevent the removal of the block when the latter shrinks slightly after it has been in vuse for some time.

In Figure 1 I show the block as being secured to a frame wall, while in Figure 2 I show the block as being inserted in a concrete or brick wall. In Figure 1 I show the pulley stile 8 as being secured to the faces'9 an-d 10 of the block (see Fig. 3) by'means of nails 11. f Y The pulley stile 8 has openings 12 thereinvfor permitting the cable to pass therethrough. If desired, the opening 12`may be enlarged so as to sever the lower portion of the pulley stile from the upper portion. In this event, the`4 and the block 15. In Figure 3, I show how nails 14 secure the members 3 to the block 1.

Figure 2 clearly shows how the block 1 may be inserted in concrete or cement 20. The

vwealge-shaped ends of the block prevent theV block from becoming dislodged after the cement has once hardened. In addition to this, the grooves 6 and 7 receive a. portion of the cement and prevent lateral movement of the block even after the block shrinks slightly. In this figure I show nails 21 as securing the pulley stile 22 to the block. I further show a balance 23 as being disposed in the recess 2. The cable 24 from the balance 23 is connected to the window sa` 25. Y

From the foregoing description of the various parts of one embodiment of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood. The grooves 6 and 7 not only provide novel means for receiving a portion of the cement, but when the device is secured to a frame wall, they provide recesses in which the heads of the nails may be disposed, these nails being used for securing the device to the framework. It should also be noted that if metal latli is used, the device provides an ideal nailing block for the lath. The device may be made from scrap lumber and may be assembled by unskilled labor. The recess or cavity 2 may be made large enough to receive two balances in case both window sashes are to be supported from the same position in the window frame.

It will be noted from Figure 1 that the block 1 connects the cripples 16 together, thus forming a direct connection between the head plates and the floor plates, not shown, and forming a reinforcement for the cripples. If the balances alone were used, as in ordinary building constructions, it would be necessary to secure the cripples to the adjacent stud,vleaving a space between the cripples for receiving the balances, and making the uppercripple liable to sag, even to the extent of interfering with the proper working of the balances.

Another embodimentof the invention is shown in Figures 4 and 5. In this instance the device comprises a block 26, in which two cavities 27 are cut between outer side walls 28 and are spaced from each other by an intermediate wall 29, the cavities extending into the block to a rear wall 30, which also forms a portion of the back of the block, while the walls 28 form portions of the respective sides thereof. The side walls 28 and the rear wall 30- are comparatively thick so that the block 26 is particularly serviceable for the reinforcement of a pulley stile, which may be secured by nails to the faces 31 and 32 of the block in the same manner as either of the pulley stiles 8 or 22, shown respectively in Figures 1 and 2, is secured to the faces 9 and 10 of the block 1. It should be also understood that the block 26, instead of having square ends, as shown ink full lines in Figures 4 and 5, may be wedge-shaped, as indicated by dotted lines in Figure 2, so as to make the order to save the time required for separately cutting openings in the pulley stile in registration with the cavities 27, the block 26 is preferably secured to the pulley stile before the cavities are cut, so that the openings in the pulley stile and the cavities in the block may be cut simultaneously by a suitable tool to fit over the respective sash balances and that thus the cost of the reinforced construction of the pulley stile may be considerably lowered.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figure 6, the device comprises a block 33, which has therein, instead of the cavities 27 in the block 26, openings 34. These openings extend through the block and may be cut in the same manner as the cavities.V In this construction, side walls 35 and an intermediate C pearance and function similar to the cavitiesf 27 and the block is otherwise of a construction similar to the block 26 and may also be wedge-shaped so as to be adapted for the same universal application as the latter.

I claim as my invention:

1. In combination, a block having a bal-l ance-receiving cavity therein, said block being wedgesshaped for allowing the @imbedding thereof in a wall structure; a` window frame having -openings therein for permitting window sash cables to pass thru; and means for securing said frame to said block so that said window sash openings `are in registry with the balance-receiving cavity of the block, thereby allowing theplacing of a window balance'therein.

2. In combination, a block having a balance-receiving cavity therein, said block being wedge-shaped forY allowing the imbedding thereof in a wallstructure; and a window frame secured to the outer face of the block, said window frame having openings therein in alignmentY with said balancereceiving cavity so as to' allow the placing of a window balance therein.

3. In combination, a block having a balance-receiving cavity therein, wedge-shaped ends on said block for allowing the imbedding of a block in a wall structure; a window frame, the outside of a pulley stile of said window frame abutting against said block; said pulley stile having openings therein for permitting window sash cables to pass thru, said openings being in registry with said balance-receiving 'cavity so as to allow the plac- Y ing of a window balance therein; and means Y for securing said pulley stile to said'block. 4. In combination, a block having a hollowed out portion therein; members'closling the ends of the hollowed out portion;'

wedge-shaped ends on the block having grooves therein for firmly imbedding the frame to said block so that said Window sash block into a Wall structure, said block be- Openings are in alignment With the hollowed ing so disposed that the hollowed out porout portion of the block, said hollowed out 10 tion is disposed toward a Window; a Win- 'portion providing a balance-receiving recess.

5 dow frame having openings therein for per- In testimony whereof I aiix my signature.

mitting the Window sash cables to pass therethru; and means for securing said window EARL W. STORMS. 

